good morning. this is a special kigs of "early toda today". -- edition. late breaking developments in the investigation and details about the victims involved in wednesday's shooting. authorities have released the names, including the father of six and a cousin of a new york giants player. more in a moment. president obama took timeout last night to commemorate those killed and the loved ones. saying their loss is american's loss. thousands attended a candle light vigil. many of whom knew victims and

victims families. also a prayer vigil urging the families not to link islam or the islamic community with these attacks. and we are learning more about the shooters. farook appears to have been radicalized and had been in contact with people with extremist views. and the four guns were purchased legally. although attempts were made to alter the weapons. jay, now that we're 24 hours after, they have really had the opportunity to take forensic evidence from the crime scene and really churn it through. >> and there are links with this couple and different people who have been on the federal watch list for quite some time. they have been able to recover two cell phones. a hard drive from one of the computers. slightly damaged, they believe. because they wanted to kind of hide that digital footprint if

you will. which leads authorities to believe maybe there was some instruction given to them before this attack. >> so the question is might have there been more attacks being planned? and motive. >> mote sieve the difficult one. but it is going to take some time. you have to think about with the amount of am moe. and we're talking about thousands of rounds of ammunition. with the explosives that maybe there was more in the plans for this couple. that is something authorities are looking into as well. again they are warning everyone, don't expect a decision real quick here. we've got a lot to work through here. we've got to make connections both here at home and overseas. so it is going to take some time. >> has there been a key piece of information that's come up about the suspects here? >> i think what is still baffling and a key to this investigation is that they really appear to lead double lives. so often it is a leak from a flend or something that that

stops these type of attacks. but. >> thank you so much. >> the names of all 14 people we were mentioning earlier have been released. nbc's morgan radford has more on what e we've learned learned about these men and women. >> this is the moment ryan reyes find out that his partner died. until now he still had home that he made it out alive. >> i immediately freaked out. tried to call him, text anymore. >> he was listed among the 14 people killed at the regional center. among them michael wetzel. a father of six. damian means. a health worker played santa for children. sierra claiborne and nicholas talaci

talacino. his wife says he knew the gunman. >> he knew him. he worked with him. and he never had anything bad to say about him. >> he often wore traditional tassels. his wife thinks he may have been targeted. >> he believed in the jewish tradition. and i feel that my husband was basically martyred. i'm wondering if their did get an an argument buzz my husband was very outspoken. >> 21 wounded. several critical. >> i will leave it for the patients themselves to tell their own stories. >> families speaking out. >> i the doors opened. gunmen started shooting. everyone hit the floor. >> her sister was shot. the bullet still in her body. >> it is still somewhere in her abdomen. and we're just waiting. >> waiting and praying. >> you never think it is going to hit that close to home until it happens. >> but id did. families now asking for support

and answers. >> san bernardino police lieutenant mike madden was the first officer on the scene. a 24 year vet whoern normally has a desk job. and he was on his way to lunch when the call went out. and last night he spoke about the horrific scene he encount encountered. >> it was something although we train for it, it is something you are never actually prepared for. my goal was to assemble an entry team and enter into the building to engage the active shooter. this mind set and this type of training became indrinted in us after the columbine incident and that was the goal. as we made i our way around to the east side it was immediately evident that the reports we were getting were 100% true. there were victims who were clearly obviously deceased outside of the conference room. and i relayed that information

totally other responding everies. and again requested assistance. it was unspeakable the carnage we were seeing. and the pure panic on the face of those individuals that were still in need and needing to be safe. and when we entered there was fresh gun powder. and the smell of gun powder in the air leading me to believe that there was in fact -- there were in fact shooters still. it was extremely loud. the firearms were going off. there were -- there were people who were obviously injured and obviously in great amounts of pain. and that was evident. in the moans and the whales that we were hearing in the room. it was very loud in the room. and we also had fire sprinklers going off inside the room. so that was adding for chaos. i noticed upon entry that there is a christmas tree in there.

all of the tables were detecorad for a christmas party. and it just seems so senseless. here are people going into their holiday festivities and now we were dealing with death. there were many officer whose did extraordinary jobs yesterday for our department and also for all of the agencies who responded so quickly. it was just -- it was truly overwhelming to see all of the agencies that got here and got here in a hurry to provide us assistance. nobody hesitated. people knew what their job was. and their job was to try to bring some calm to chaos. >> investigators are also digging into the syed farook's past. there are growing indications that farook appears to have been radicalized. communicating with jihad sympathizers here and at home and overseas. pete williams has details.

>> investigators are analyzing a trove of evidence found in the house. including cell phones and computers. officials say they found indications he was communicating by phone and social media with people in the u.s. and overseas during the past year who showed an interest in radical jihad. another important discovery, an explosive device left behind at the shooting scene. three pipe bombs tied together with a remote controlled detonator. inside the suv was the remote control itself. that same design was used by the tsarnaev brothers to set off the boston marathon bombing. investigators are now looking at whether that same design was available somewhere else from a non terrorist source. u.s. officials are also looking at farook's overseas travel. twice to saudi arabia where he said he met his wife and to

pakistan where she comes from. on the other hand were victims farook knew and worked with investigators also say the attacks were planned well in advance. police and federal agents found a dozen pipe bombs and 4500 rounds of ammunition. the and suv getaway was a rental picked up by farook three or four days ago. >> this took days, weeks, if not months to plan out. there is nothing impulsive about this shooting at all. >> with all that fire power did they have other attacks in mind? >> we don't know at this point the extent of their plans. we do not know their motivations. >> that was nbc east pete williams reporting for us. >> now for the reaction from washington. i'll send it over to alex witt at nbc world headquarters in new york. >> thank you for that. political reaction to the

shooting in california was certainly a big part of a busy thursday. senate republicans overwhelmingly rejected new gun control legislation. twice yesterday democrats tried to attach new provisions on to a budget bill, including the ability to bar suspected terrorists from buying guns. the bill itself was a major one, gutting obamacare and defunding planned parenthood for a year it. now heads back to the house where it is expected to clear. the white house is already said president obama will veto that bill. the other big move by the senate. they passed a $305 billion five year transportation infrastructure bill. it is the largest of its kind in a decade. and not a moment too soon. current funding in the federal highway trust fund expires today. but there is a big omission. the act which provides medical coverage for 9/11 first responders is reportedly not included. we take you to incredible

images from sicily, italy. mount aetna liting up the sky on wednesday. lava shot 3200 feet and spewed ash over the surrounding area. the eruption lasted a spectacular hour. >> a lucky few got to see that. >> can you snaj. >> no. >> from a distance. >> one of the most beautiful things. incredible. the weekend forecast. storm through yesterday. leftover rain and showers in the pacific northwest and higher elevations. but we're focused on the weekend. it looks formidable and will bring rain. most is going to be targeted northwest and british columbia. for today the system has moved on shore, the next one will be coming in throughout the weekend. likes late saturday is the heaviest rains. and then as the front gets closer to california we'll see a little rain down here. not the heavy amounts like we will to the north.

that is where we could see excess of the yellow colors, 5 f 7 inches of rain. and we could even see possibility of minor flooding and maybe even getting to major in some of the areas near the olympics. so the other travel problems in miami with heavy rain. still showers and snow in areas of idaho. san diego, san jose, no problems into saturday. just as warm as it gets throughout the country. no signs of the winter. still in the 40s all the way into throughout the afternoon mixed with hit and miss showers in areas of oregon and washington. so it looks like more wet weather for the west and there is more to come middle of next week too. >> they are probably happy for it. bill karins. straight ahead the second

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to use the term. he refuses to say it. there is something going on with him that we don't know about it. >> it is a political divide graphically illustrated in the new york tabloids. muslim killers versus good isn't fixing this. a tweet storm calling out. >> after every match shooting all of these lawmakers have been thinking and praying and they have been doing nothing at all. >> a democratic proposal that would have blocked people on the terror watch list from buying guns. >> if you are too dangerous to fly in america, you are too dangerous to buy a gun in america. >> donald trump bragged all of this is helping him. >> every single time there is a tragedy my poll numbers go up. >> and that was andrea mitchell reporting. just ahead a hail mary finish for the packers and lions. and an earth shaking upset in

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welcome back. i'm richard lui in san bernardino, california. patrick berkari is one of the lucky survivors. he remembers seeing syed farook at the christmas party he was attending with coworkers. and a trip to the bathroom may have saved his life, the horror unfolding. >> somebody asked where is syed. i didn't realize he wasn't there. i left to use the restroom. we just secured the restroom so nobody could enter. >> how? >> i laid on the floor and i put my feet against the door. and i had the other gentlemen beside me do the same.

>> did the gunman come into the restroom. >> he wasn't going to be able to get in. i guess if he did it would be over our dead bodies. when the s.w.a.t. team came in, i told them i was a medic and one of my good friends there was shot, i tried to render her aid. she got shot multiple times and we so you would see the bullets lodged urn her skin on her wrist and that wasn't where the entries were. >> where do you go from here? >> just take each day as best as can be. >> yesterday, where the shooter syed farook was a member. i asked them about farook's time at the center. >> with he would come through this door and then walk this way. >> this way. okay. and he stands here. >> this was his spot. >> and then he start doing the service. the optional service that may be

10 minutes. normally he comes like 10, 15 minutes before the service. he sits here. does not talk to anyone. never talk to anyone. and then he joins the service. goes over there and stand in a straight line. >> where would he go from there? >> normally he goes and always on this side. always on this -- always on this side. he does not take retrieve to the other side. >> i consider it as indicative, or indication of antisocialism. and during the time when he stands over there you see some brothers walking around talking to each other. >> that is the busier area. >> exactly. e goes to that corner h e stays there. and that is why if you today ask the people today many people say we don't remember him or we don't know him. >> and that is it for the special edition of "early today" a grieving community tells

stories of love, and strength, as it tries to heal. the ie . a grieving community telling stories of love and strength as it tries to heal. the stories behind the victims of san bernardino revealed for the first time. and searching for an explanation of the unexplainable. relatives of syed farook tell authorities he is not radical, just a bad person. plus, reaction to tragedy here at home. oakland city leaders immediately pick up measures to tighten gun laws. "today in the bay" starts right now. good friday morning. thank you for joining us. >> i'm sam brock. >> and i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia-cannon. let's go to kari hall